And when he was about to expire, he said: We are born of the same womb and brothers, we were raised with the same principles, and we are obliged to die for the same causes.

2And you, guards, why do you delay?

3And so when he died courageously in torture, the second brother was brought forward and, giving him iron claws, they fastened him to the instrument of torture.

4And when they asked if he would eat before being tortured, he replied in his fathers' tongue: No.

5Therefore he also received in succession the tortures like his brother.

6But when he was about to die, he said: Miserable tyrant, you release us from this present life, but the King of the universe will raise us up for an eternal life.

7The third brother was brought forward and they asked him to show his tongue promptly.

8And he extended it, also courageously extending his hands, and said nobly:

9From heaven I received these, and because of the laws of God I despise them, and from him I hope to receive them back.

10The king himself and his attendants were astonished at the virtue of the young man, who considered pains as nothing.